The Wyeth family has just moved to the planet Artemus from their home on Edumea. Ethan Wyeth, a rising star in the Space Cadet Corps, must earn his place as leader of Squad Blue by putting Abbey Van Horn in her place, while younger brother Gideon becomes infatuated with Olivia Morgan, though her group of hoverboarders, the Boomers, have a hard time accepting an outsider into their ranks, especially one whose father works for the company they see as oppressing them.